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<p></p>
  The XMLUtil class is an all-static class
  with methods for working with XML within Flex.
  You do not create instances of XMLUtil;
  instead you simply call static methods such as
  the <code>XMLUtil.qnamesEqual()</code> method.
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<a class="signatureLink" href="#createXMLDocument()">createXMLDocument</a>(str:String):XMLDocument</div>
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      Creates XML out of the specified string, ignoring whitespace.</div>
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<a class="signatureLink" href="#getAttributeByQName()">getAttributeByQName</a>(xml:XML, attrQName:QName):XMLList</div>
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    Returns the XML value of an attribute matching the given QName
    
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<a class="signatureLink" href="#qnamesEqual()">qnamesEqual</a>(qname1:QName, qname2:QName):Boolean</div>
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   Returns <code>true</code> if the two QName parameters have identical
   <code>uri</code> and <code>localName</code> properties.</div>
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<a class="signatureLink" href="#qnameToString()">qnameToString</a>(qname:QName):String</div>
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   Returns the concatenation of a Qname object's
   <code>uri</code> and <code>localName</code> properties,
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<code>public static function createXMLDocument(str:String):XMLDocument</code><p>
      Creates XML out of the specified string, ignoring whitespace.
      This method is used to create objects defined in
   <code>&lt;mx:XML&gt;</code> tags and WebService requests,
   although they, in turn, get the <code>firstChild</code>
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<code>public static function getAttributeByQName(xml:XML, attrQName:QName):XMLList</code><p>
    Returns the XML value of an attribute matching the given QName
    
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<td width="20px"></td><td><code><span class="label">attrQName</span>:QName</code> &mdash; the QName of the attribute to find
    
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<td width="20"></td><td><code>XMLList</code> &mdash; XMLList of matching attributes or an empty list if none are found.
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<code>public static function qnamesEqual(qname1:QName, qname2:QName):Boolean</code><p>
   Returns <code>true</code> if the two QName parameters have identical
   <code>uri</code> and <code>localName</code> properties.
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<td width="20px"></td><td><code><span class="label">qname1</span>:QName</code> &mdash; First QName object.
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<td width="20"></td><td><code>Boolean</code> &mdash; <code>true</code> if the two QName parameters have identical
   <code>uri</code> and <code>localName</code> properties.
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<code>public static function qnameToString(qname:QName):String</code><p>
   Returns the concatenation of a Qname object's
   <code>uri</code> and <code>localName</code> properties,
   separated by a colon.
   If the object does not have a <code>uri</code> property,
   or the value of <code>uri</code> is the empty string,
   returns the <code>localName</code> property.
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   <code>uri</code> and <code>localName</code> properties,
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